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Events on Friday 19 October 1781 1
1781Siege of YorktownCornwallis surrenders, ending major fighting in the American RevolutionA combined American and French force under George Washington and the Comte de Rochambeau besieged a British army under Lord Cornwallis at Yorktown, Virginia. Cut off from naval relief, Cornwallis surrendered his entire force, effectively ending major combat operations of the American Revolutionary War.